Xi in North Korea, Three Gorges lock · Jun 8

Xi begins state visit to North Korea.

Today's events

Xi in Pyongyang.
Xi began a two-day state visit to North Korea, his first in seven years, on the 65th anniversary of the two countries' friendship treaty.¹Jun 8 · State Council
Three Gorges channel.
Construction began on the 15th Five-Year Plan's first flagship national project — a 77-billion-yuan second shipping channel to relieve the overloaded Three Gorges locks.²Jun 8 · State Council
Antitrust scorecard.
The market regulator's 2025 report logged 20 monopoly cases and 653 million yuan in fines, and screened nearly 60,000 policy measures to break local protectionism.³Jun 8 · SAMR
Online-review rules.
The internet regulator and market regulator issued China's first code for online product-review activity, requiring lab-certified testing and barring “review-for-pay” practices.⁴Jun 8 · CAC
Emergency-system plan.
The State Council issued the 15th Five-Year Plan for a modernized emergency-management system, shifting toward prevention-first governance with a 2030 milestone.⁵Jun 8 · State Council
Chengdu mayor expelled.
Former Chengdu mayor Wang Fengchao was expelled from the Party and public office for bribery — one of several senior officials purged this week.⁶Jun 5 · CCDI
Private-fund crackdown.
The State Council tightened registration and risk controls on private investment funds, citing their abuse as tools for “new and hidden forms of corruption.”⁷Jun 5 · State Council
Clean-power yardstick.
Five agencies issued the first unified rules for counting non-fossil electricity use — the measurement base for China's dual carbon-control system.⁸Jun 5 · NEA
Minerals law.
New regulations effective June 15 create whole-chain controls over strategic minerals — output caps and restricted mining rights to safeguard resource security.⁹Jun 4 · State Council

Voices

“No matter how the international situation changes, the firm commitment of China's Party and government to the traditional China–North Korea friendship will not change.”
Xi Jinping, talks with Kim Jong Un, Pyongyang · June 8¹⁰

“The ‘diversification’ Europe so proudly touts — what is it if not protectionism in disguise? China–EU trade is no zero-sum game.”
MFA Spokesperson Lin Jian · June 8¹¹

“A fair-competition system is a vital guarantee for optimal resource allocation, and a key foundation for stabilizing market expectations and lifting market confidence.”
Market Regulation Administration, 2025 Antitrust Report · June 8³

“Supervise lawful institutions strictly, ban unlawful ones resolutely, and crack down hard on illegal acts.”
State Council guidance on private investment funds · June 5⁷

“His greed swelled; he twisted the public power entrusted by the Party and the people into a tool for private gain, trading power for money.”
CCDI statement on former Chengdu mayor Wang Fengchao · June 5⁶

“This is AI's water-electricity-gas moment — turning computing power from a high-end bespoke service into everyday consumption, reaching ordinary households.”
People's Daily commentary · June 7¹²

Sources

State Council (gov.cn), “Advancing China-DPRK Relations to Keep Pace with the Times,” June 8, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/…/china-dprk-relations
State Council (gov.cn), “First Major National Project of the 15th Five-Year Plan Breaks Ground; Three Gorges to Gain a New Channel,” June 8, 2026. gov.cn/yaowen/…/three-gorges-new-channel
SAMR, “China Antitrust Enforcement Annual Report (2025) Released,” June 8, 2026. samr.gov.cn/xw/mtjj/…/antitrust-report-2025
CAC, “CAC and SAMR Jointly Issue the Standards for Online Review Activities,” June 8, 2026. cac.gov.cn/2026-06/08/…/online-review-standards
State Council (gov.cn), “Notice Issuing the 15th Five-Year Plan for Building a Modernized Emergency-Management System” (Guofa No. 15), June 8, 2026. gov.cn/zhengce/…/emergency-system-15fyp
CCDI, “Wang Fengchao, Former Deputy Party Secretary and Mayor of Chengdu, Expelled from the Party and Public Office,” June 5, 2026. ccdi.gov.cn/yaowenn/…/wang-fengchao
State Council (gov.cn), “Guiding Opinions on Strengthening Oversight and Preventing Risk to Promote High-Quality Development of Private Investment Funds” (Guobanhan No. 54), June 5, 2026. gov.cn/zhengce/…/private-investment-funds
National Energy Administration, “A Unified ‘Yardstick’ for Accounting Non-Fossil Electricity Consumption” (Trial Guidelines), June 5, 2026. nea.gov.cn/20260605/…/non-fossil-electricity
State Council (gov.cn), “Regulations on the Implementation of the Mineral Resources Law of the PRC” (Decree 839), published June 4, 2026; effective June 15, 2026. gov.cn/zhengce/…/mineral-resources-law
Qiushi, “Xi Jinping Holds Talks with Kim Jong Un,” June 8, 2026. qstheory.cn/20260608/…/xi-kim-talks
Ministry of Foreign Affairs, “Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Lin Jian's Regular Press Conference,” June 8, 2026. mfa.gov.cn/wjdt/…/lin-jian-jun-8
People's Daily Opinion, “‘Token Packages’: AI's Water-Electricity-Gas Moment,” June 7, 2026. opinion.people.com.cn/…/token-packages-ai